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CourtesanKaigetsudō Doshin · 1710
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Diviners, from a Kalpa-sutra1494
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night1560
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An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (verso)1607
Woods SceneHenry Keller · 1901
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Krishna and Gopis1850
A Lady with Attendant and a Pair of Deer: Probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak, from a Pahari Ragamala1710
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
Flowers of Four Seasons, with PoemsWang Guxiang · 1531
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
Text, Folio 8 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)1119
Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley1612
Devagandhara Ragini: An Ascetic in Retreat, from the Ragamala Series1760
The Autumn HuntChen Juzhong · 1202
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The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night1560
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Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)1600
Portrait of King Louis XIV1600
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)1610
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night1560
Seven Jeweled Mountain1700
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned princeBasawan · 1593
Flowers and GrassesKitagawa Sōsetsu · 1650
Drinking in the MoonlightMa Yuan · 1195
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night1560
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Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest1449
Leaving the OasisJean Léon Gérôme · 1890
Fan-shaped Album Painting1506
Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn SceneWang Yuan · 1347